I pressed the steaming mug to my face
And hoped its heat would melt off my skin
And take with it any traces left of the last thing that had burned my cheek
…your lips

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Tacenda
Poetrytacenda (n.) things better left unsaid; matters to be passed over in silence
Burning Traces
I pressed the steaming mug to my face
And hoped its heat would melt off my skin
And take with it any traces left of the last thing that had burned my cheek
…your lips